Pulwama District

Pulwama is a district in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. District Pulwama came into being in the year 1979 in the larger interests of maintenance of law and order, closer supervision, more effective control and above all to ensure balanced development of the area. The district is centrally located in the valley of Kashmir and is a resting place for Adventure Tourists since it is full of clean water Streams, Lakes, Magnificent Trees and Mighty Mountains where the air is cool and water sweet. The district is also called Rice Bowl of Kashmir for maximum production of rice grains in the J & K state. Besides Pulwama is famous all over the world for Saffron cultivation which is mainly grown in the Karewa lands of Pampore, Kakapora and Pulwama blocks. Pulwama is often called the 'Anand of Kashmir' or 'Dudha-Kul of Kashmir' on account of its high milk production. The National Highway NH1 that connects Srinagar and Jammu passes through Pulwama.AdministrationPulwama district has seven tehsils: Awantipora TehsilPampore TehsilPulwama TehsilTral TehsilRajpora TehsilKeller TehsilAripal TehsilThis district consists of five development blocks: Tral, Keller, Pampore, Pulwama and Kakapora. Each block consists of a number of panchayats. However new tehsils were made in pulwama district in 2014.